This was another great conversation. I know I say that every time, but it seems to always be true.

Emily and I (Melissa) crossed paths 5 years ago at Flatiron School.  Our careers have taken different trajectory paths since then and this conversation was a chance to both catch up as well as to get her full story of going from English Professor to Frontend Engineer.

We cover:

• Choosing the route of academia
• Work as a college English professor
• “Trying out” programming
• Flatiron Bootcamp
• First role at Pendo
• Onboarding as a brand new engineer
• The Bootcamp path
• Growing from an entry-level frontend engineer to a senior engineer
• The value of meetups and forming relationships within the industry

Two great places to "try it out" are:

Codecademy

LaunchSchool

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